SHERBROOKE, Que. - It was a fast night in the pool for the University of Calgary Dinos swim teams as they competed on Day 2 of the U Sports Championships.
Danica Ludlow swam her way to the top of the podium with a 4:06.62. Not only did she bring home the gold medal, her time was a personal best by 2 seconds, and she broke the club record previously held by Olympian Joanne Malar.
The Dinos brought home five more medals, and broke many records on the second night of competition. After tonight's session, the women sit in 4th place overall with 234 points, behind Toronto in third, Montreal in second, and UBC in first. On the men's side, they are third with 290 points, behind Toronto in second, and UBC in first.
Leah Smal started off the night in the 100 backstroke. After a slip off the start, Leah fought her way back into the race and finished 8th. On the men's side, Rob Hill snatched the first medal of the evening with a second place finish behind UBC's Markus Thormeyer. Christ Courtis finished in 4th, narrowly missing the podium with a time of 54.02. Jarod Tsang followed closely behind in 5th with a 54.55.
In the 50 fly, Rachael Grothe had another personal best swim and also broke the club record for the event with her time of 27.14.
Stefanie Schmidt also had a huge swim, placing 6th overall. Her time of 4:15.53 was also a massive 5 second best time. In the 'B' final, Robyn Lee placed 12th overall with a 4:21.79. On the men's side, Peter Brothers' time of 3:48.08 earned him the bronze medal. Teammate Teddy Kalp placed 6th in a 3:53.72. In the 'B' final, Chris Paproski had a huge personal best race, dropping 7 seconds with his time of 3:53.79 that placed 12th overall. Chris Neave finished in 15th overall.
Tianna Rissling brought home her second medal of the competition in the 200 breaststroke, this one silver in color. Her time of 2:23.40 was a new club record and put her in second place behind UBC's Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson. Stephanie Churcher swam in the 'B' final and finished 8th. Ben Blackmon swam the event for the men and placed 6th with a time of 2:13.64.
The final individual event of the evening was the 200 butterfly. Danielle D'Aoust moved up 2 spots from this morning's seed, placing 6th overall with a 2:14.28. On the men's side, Rob Hill was the top male for the Dinos in 6th. Christian Ng was the winner of the 'B' heat, and rookie Mohamed Eldeeb finished in 15th overall.
The 4x200 freestyle relay was the final event of the evening. The women's team consisting of Ludlow, Lee, Smal, and Schmidt placed 5th with a time of 8:16.04. The men had an amazing race, their team of Brothers, Neave, Kalp, and Blondal brought home the bronze medal in a time of 7:16.98.
Another awesome day of competition is in the books for the Dinos. The final day of the U Sport Championships begins again tomorrow at 10 AM (ET).
DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. UBC 508,5 points
2. Montreal 360
3. Toronto 278,5
4. Calgary 234
5. Alberta 152
6. Regina 135,5
7. Laval 99,5
8. Western 74,5
9. Dalhousie 71,5
10. McGill 71
11. McMaster66
12. Manitoba 36
13. UQAM 35,5
14. Victoria 35
15. Guelph 27
16. Wilfrid Laurier 26,5
17. Brock 22
18. Laurentian 20
19. Waterloo 18
Memorial 18
21. Sherbrooke 16
22. Ottawa 12
23. Lethbridge 5
Men (Nelson C. Hart Trophy)
1. UBC 520,5 points
2. Toronto 413,5
3. Calgary 290
4. Western 201
5. Alberta 139,5
6. Montréal 124
7. Laval 99
8. Regina 88
9. Victoria 78
10. McGill 77
11. Ottawa 63,5
12. Guelph 63
13. Sherbrooke 51
14. Laurentian 35,5
15. Dalhousie 32
16. McMaster 15
17. Waterloo 12
18. Acadia 9
19. Lethbridge 4,5
20. Mount Allison 4
19. Queen's 2
20. York 1
INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Saturday)
Women 100m back
1. Kylie Masse, Toronto, 56,80 (U SPORTS Championships record)
2. Ingrid Wilm, UBC, 58,11
3. Phoebe Lenderyou, Dalhousie, 1:00,17
Camille Bergeron-Miron, Montréal, 1:00,17
Men 100m back
1. Markus Thormeyer, UBC, 52,50
2. Robert Hill, Calgary, 53,22
3. Noah Choboter, Regina, 53,58
Women 50m butterfly
1. Katerine Savard, Montréal, 25,86 (U SPORTS Championships record)
2. Sandrine Mainville, Montréal, 26,57
3 Marie-Lou Lapointe, Montréal, 26,94
Men 50m butterfly
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 23,66
2. Pascal-Hugo Caron-Cantin, Laval, 23,85
3. Luke Peddie, UBC, 23,86
Women 400m freestyle
1. Danica Ludlow, Calgary, 4:06,62
2. Katerine Savard, Montréal, 4:07,28
3. Megan Dalke, UBC, 4:08,31
Men 400m freestyle
1. Eric Hedlin, Victoria, 3:45,07
2. Keegan Zanatta, UBC, 3:45,09
3. Peter Brothers, Calgary, 3:48,08
Women 200m breaststroke
1. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, UBC, 2:22,28
2. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 2:23,40
3. Kelsey Wog, Manitoba, 2:24,92
Men 200m breaststroke
1. Nick Kostiuk, Alberta, 2:08,19
2. Eli Wall, Toronto, 2:09,48
3. Jonathan Brown, UBC, 2:11,28
Women 50m freestyle
1. Sandrine Mainville, Montréal, 24,39 (U SPORTS Championships record)
2. Ariane Mainville, Montréal, 25,17
3. Charis Huddle, Western, 25,47
Men 50m freestyle
1. Yuri Kisil, UBC, 21,62
2. Scott McGillivray, Toronto, 22,02
3. Cameron Kidd, Toronto, 22,06
Women 200m butterfly
1. Hannah Genich, Toronto, 2:11,33
2. Sophie Marois, Montréal, 2:12,33
3. Eva Madar, Regina, 2:12,40
Jacomie Strydom, UBC, 2:12,40
Men 200m butterfly
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 1:56,27
2. Montana Champagne, Ottawa, 1:56,85
3. Osvald Nitski, Toronto, 1:58,65
Women 4 x 200m relay freestyle (U SPORTS Championships record)
1. UBC, 7:54,86
( Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, Ingrid Wilm, Maia Brundage, Megan Dalke)
2. Montréal, 8:01,35
(Ariane Mainville, Sandrine Mainville, Marie-Lou Lapointe, Katerine Savard)
3. Toronto, 8:05,08
(Kylie Masse, Sophia Saroukian, Victoria Radounski, Olivia Sbaraglia)
Men 4 x 200m relay freestyle (Canadian club record)
1. UBC, 7:08,50
(Markus Thormeyer, Yuri Kisil, Stefan Milosevic, Keegan Zanatta)
2. Toronto, 7:14,89
(Gaël Chaubet, Ian Mackinnon, Hochan Ryu, Scott McGillivray)
3. Calgary, 7:16,98
(Peter Brothers, Christopher Neave, Teddy Kalp, Ben Blondal)
